chased his american dream with a high school education and 13 years of hard work. >> you build this company? >> from start to finish. >> he employed 140 people in the town of carol, ohio, on us way back until the economy fell this summer. >> a lot o what we hear from industry is it's due to election. >> he laid seven employees and said he can't consider bringing them back to the white house. >> 30 miles north, homemaker henry says he is finally emerging from the recession. he was building 200 homes a year. then he hit a wall. he did not put up a single house for three years. this year, he built five. for him, the election is all about jobs. >> thigh amount buy homes. this is a key. if we go and do the same thing we have done in the last couple of years, see the economy drop back again. >> he will vote for governor romney. >> he took over a mess. >> he needs more time. >> i believe in him. >> you have faith in the president? ia. >> you'll vote for him? >> yeah. the latest poll says ohio will fill the reputation as the battleground in america. the race is close but the president